Indianapolis man charged after stealing truck with toddler inside

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — An Indianapolis man who stole a truck with a 1-year-old within the again seat has been charged, in keeping with the Marion County prosecutor.

Gonzalo Mondragon, 35, is charged with auto theft, working a car as an recurring site visitors violator, resisting regulation enforcement, and two counts of legal confinement.

On the morning of Sept. 20, a truck was stolen from a gasoline station within the 3400 block of North Emerson Avenue. A toddler was within the again seat when the truck was stolen.

The toddler was discovered secure two hours later, however the truck was not discovered.

Simply after 6:30 p.m. that day, Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Division officers noticed a truck drive by them with the license plate quantity TSM709, the numbers of the lacking truck.

The officers started pursuing the truck however overpassed it shortly after.

A couple of minutes later, the officers noticed the truck parked in a close-by vacant car parking zone. The truck was nonetheless working, unlocked, and the windshield wipers have been activated however Mondragon was not inside, in keeping with courtroom papers.

An IMPD officer then positioned a person matching Mondragon’s description strolling lower than a mile from the vacant truck.

Officers arrested Mondragon. He later informed officers he had ingested methamphetamine previous to working into police.

Mondragon is scheduled to look in courtroom Nov. 28.